A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Tugboat API.
Most monitoring and observability work still happens through a UI a human drives. Tugboat MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Tugboat API.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Tugboat API. This server allows AI assistants like Claude to access and manipulate Tugboat resources through the standardized MCP interface.
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol created by Anthropic that enables seamless integration between AI assistants and external data sources or tools. It provides a standardized way for AI models to:
The server publishes 4 tools. What each one is for:
Configuration — The Configuration tool exposed by this serverProjects — The Projects tool exposed by this serverPreviews — The Previews tool exposed by this serverRepositories — The Repositories tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: TUGBOAT_API_KEY, TUGBOAT_API_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
This sits in the monitoring and observability group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Tugboat's toolset — Configuration, Projects, Previews and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Lullabot; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Configuration | The Configuration tool exposed by this server. |
| Projects | The Projects tool exposed by this server. |
| Previews | The Previews tool exposed by this server. |
| Repositories | The Repositories tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"tugboat-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/tugboat-mcp/dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"TUGBOAT_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| TUGBOAT_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| TUGBOAT_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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